The Jubilee in the Bible | this is the year of jubilee
THEJUBILEEINTHEBIBLE LucianoPacomio TheProphet AfterthebitterexperienceoftheBabylonianexile,inwhichthepeopleof Godhadtheexperienceofbeingdeprivedoftheirownland,ofthetemple,of theirownconsistencyasapeople;ahorizonofhope,ofliberation,openedup. Prophecyinterpretsthatwhichhasbeenexperienced.Andprophecyisthe preciousservicethatamangivestohisownbrothers,tohisownpeople, interpreting,withthepowerofGodandwiththewisdomgivenbyGod,the historicaleventsan...
THE JUBILEE IN THE BIBLE
Luciano Pacomio
The Prophet
After the bitter experience of the Babylonian exile, in which the people of God had the experience of being deprived of their own land, of the temple, of their own consistency as a people; a horizon of hope, of liberation, opened up. Prophecy interprets that which has been experienced. And prophecy is the precious service that a man gives to his own brothers, to his own people, interpreting, with the power of God and with the wisdom given by God, the historical events and happenings in which one was involved.
«The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lords favor, and the day of venge...